Garment-stay.



G. J. HAGEN. emmmw STAY. APPLICATION IILBIYJULY 6,1908.

Patented Dec. 1,1908

@Uikmeosas CHARLES 3'. HAGEN, OF ARLlNGlON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'lO HENRY SOHLQSS, OF

- NEW YORK, N Y.

Specifieati of Letters. Patent.

Patented. Dec, 1, 1908.

Application filed. July 6, 1908. Serial No. l 2,050.

To all whom it may comma.-

ie it ltnown that (Ti HARLEM J. Hanna, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Airlington, in the county oflllltlSOli and State I of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in thu'nieut-Stays;

and I do hereby declare the following to he I a full, clear, and. exact description of the involition, such as will enable others Slilllttl in the art to which it appcrtains to make a ul use the same.

litly invention relates tostillening Gl(fll'l9l1l' for wearing apparel such as are connnmily known as dress alul corset stays, but more particularly has reference to stays that are nnnle of steel and covered with a suitable substance that protects the cloth as against riisiiiig oi. thesteel and alsogivcs the stool tltltllLlOllfll strength and resiliency.

in the accompanying drawing Figure l an elevation showing my improyed stay with the covering at one end raisecl l ig. 2 a cross section of the completed stochainl Fig. 3 an elevation of the covering" with the position of the steel shown in clotted lines proparatory to tho inc-losing of the same by such covering.

parts in the several figures oi the drawing.

l uni aware that heretofore garment stays have been jlltltlfiby co\-'ering r a stool strip with a pyroxylin or other coinpounil applied either by dipping, by coating: with a brush, or by uniting the conipolnn'l to sai l strip by the process of vulcmiizatiou, and l distinctly disclaim any of those methods.

improvement contemplates the cover ing of the steel stri 'is with a pyroxylin coinpounrl in sheet forin witluuit the ap lication of heat, iilltl when the steel is thus covered no pi'ilishing or further finishing is necessary. in carrying out my improvement I cut a strip l of the proper dimensions from a thin sheet of pyroxylin compound, anneal the same so it will not crack when bent, antl wrap it around the steel 2. the laps of this covering strip 1 being' overlapped and haying their edges preferably coincident with the edges of the steel. Prior to the application oi the strip 1 to the steel, 1 apply to the steel a coating of cement: of such character that it Sn'nilar nun'lbeis of reference denote like will not cut the pyrogvlin covering and this cement I likewise apply to the overlapping tli'ips. filter the pyroxylin covering has been applied to the rettil in this manner, I subject the cm'ei'otl steel to a irm. pressure between yielding surfaces, as or instance, between rolls made of rubber. or hard felt, and this pressure will unite the covering and steel, and thereafter neither moisture nor heat Will cause tho covering to be loosened.

The ends of the stay are finished by dipping in any suitable compound, or said ends" may be provided with any suitable tips, and in this particular l desire to say that the tipping of the stays has nothing to do with my present invention which latter relates solely to the covering of the same.

A covering applied in the manner above set forth requires no final polishing or other finish whatsoever since the pyroxylin sheet is itselt of a'. superior finish, and, moreover,

I employ no heating agent whatsoever, and

therefore the temper of the steel strip is not in the least ail'octeil and I obtain a maximum resiliency andstrength to the covered steel.

is I said before, steel strips have been covered in all sorts of ways, but, prior to my invention, I am not aware thatany one has ever essayctl to cover steel strip by a fin- 'lSlltitl shoot of pyroxylin wrapped around the same and united thereto in the manner above described, and in this connection I desire to say that a long and continued use of. my newly invented stay has demonstrated the :ta'ct that the covering will not chip or hooon'io loosened, and. .l clo not Wish to he IHMlGI'SLOUtl as claiming the covering of a steel strip except in the specific manner aloo ve described.

.l Clllllll A garment stay, ooi'nprising steel strip and a covering therefor consisting of an tin-- nealed sheet of pyroxylin compound wrapped.

around said, strip, and a suitable cement for live 

